Mpumalanga police will on Tuesday be conducting an autopsy on a body of a man whose tongue was allegedly cut out while he was kept at a privately-run mortuary at KaMsogwaba near Nelspruit.
According to police, when the family went … Read the rest
Tag: sangoma
6 people killed, burnt alive in Khutsong but no arrests
No arrests have been made following the killing of six people in Khutsong near Carletonville, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.
“No arrest has been made. Investigations are continuing,” said Captain Jabulani Kundethe.
He said no violence was reported since Monday.… Read the rest
Black township Khutsong explodes, 5 killed
Five people, including a sangoma, were killed allegedly by community members in Khutsong near Carletonville on the West Rand on Sunday, Gauteng police said.
About 400 men, believed to be Khutsong residents, held a meeting to discuss gangsterism earlier in
Deconstructing the Boerehaat outburst
by Dan Roodt
[followbutton username=’danroodt’ count=’true’ lang=’en’ theme=’light’]
Like Dan Roodt’s Facebook page
We have a unique English population in South Africa. On the one hand, they are the most politically radical. On the other, some are partially Afrikanerised and … Read the rest
Traditional garb costs sangoma initiate a job
An Eastern Cape sangoma initiate was asked to leave his work premises, apparently because he was wearing traditional beads and white paint on his face, the Daily Dispatch reported on Monday.
Zolile Jali, a general worker at Auto Tyres in … Read the rest
Nursing sisters send baby to sangoma
Two nursing sisters at a rural health clinic in KwaZulu-Natal allegedly referred a sick 5-month-old baby to a sangoma, a health official said on Friday.
The two nurses at the clinic near Dundee were being investigated, said Dundee provincial hospital … Read the rest
Initiate caught with muti to kill
An alleged dubious and bizarre attempt … Read the rest
Witchdoctors perform ritual for Mandela
A group of Gauteng traditional healers performed a ritual for former president Nelson Mandela on Wednesday, outside the Pretoria hospital where he has been treated for 47 days.
The healers burnt incense in a pot, knelt on the ground, sprinkled … Read the rest
Witchdoctor who cooked farmer’s testicles declared a mental patient
A Lesotho sangoma who was found cooking the genitals of a farmer he had murdered, has been declared a State President’s patient by the Free State High Court, Beeld reported on Thursday.
Under the Mental Health Act, he could be … Read the rest
‘Mandela needs ancestors’ help’
Traditional healers in Limpopo held a ceremony at the ANC’s offices in Polokwane on Thursday to pray for former president Nelson Mandela who is critically ill in a Pretoria hospital.
African National Congress Limpopo task team chairman Falaza Mdaka said … Read the rest
Sick note from witchdocter is valid, South African Labour Court finds
A woman who was “badly tormented by her ancestors” had to be reinstated in her post, even if she took a month’s leave without her employer’s permission, the Labour Appeal Court has ruled.
Three judges from the Labour Appeals … Read the rest
Man arrested with genitals in his wallet
An Eastern Cape man caught with his teenage nephew’s private parts in his wallet has been arrested, police say.
The 18-year-old went missing in Thebe Locality, Nqobo, on Sunday, said Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela.
“… On Wednesday the community found his … Read the rest
My witchdoctor raped me
A sangoma from Soweto was arrested on Tuesday morning for allegedly raping a woman who had gone to him for healing, Gauteng police said.
The 50-year-old man invited the woman to his residence to carry out a cleansing ritual on … Read the rest
Terror of the gay dwarfish African incubus
by Dan Roodt
To most people outside South Africa in developed countries, our life here must seem bizarre. After all, nowhere in Europe or the United States would you drive your children to school and see that the country’s largest … Read the rest